Differences in the chromosomal distribution of telomeric (TTAGGG)(n) sequences in two species of the vespertilionid bats

Chromosome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-205

  Ono, Takao ^a,b   Yoshida, Michihiro C ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bat chromosomes; C heterochromatin; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BAT; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CHROMOSOME BANDING; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0030792704     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018403215999     Document Type: Article

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